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Augustinian order

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Noun1.Augustinian order - any of several monastic orders observing a rule derived from the writings of St. Augustine
monastic order, order - a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict"
Augustinian Canons - an Augustinian monastic order
Augustinian Hermits - a monastic order of friars established in 1256 by the Pope
Austin Friars - an Augustinian monastic order
Augustinian - a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders


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The adherence to Luther's ideas had consequences as his fellow members of the Augustinian order in Antwerp, Hendrik Vos and Johannes van Essen, had to pay with their lives for propagating Lutheran ideas in 1523.
First published in 1833, The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ is a work based on visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich, a stigmatic German nun of the Augustinian order expected to be beatified soon, as recorded by author Clemens Brentano.
For example, the Catholic Augustinian order was given the right in 1842 to open and manage Villanova University.
 
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